Examiner.com to Participate in Drupal Webinar With Acquia

DENVER, April 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Examiner.com, the insider source for local, will soon introduce a new look and feel to improve engagement with its readers. Simultaneously, to support its phenomenal growth, the company is improving its infrastructure by migrating to the Drupal 7 platform.

Drupal experts from Examiner.com, along with key Drupal community leaders, Tag1 Consulting and Cyrve, will present at an Acquia-hosted webinar today. The webinar will address the challenges of technology migration and the Drupal solutions Examiner.com has implemented to date.

"We are excited to share our experiences and challenges with the Drupal community," said Michael Meyers, Chief Technology Officer. "Examiner.com's port to Drupal 7 will certainly be a game-changer for the entire online news and information media market."  

Drupal is an open source content management platform equipped with a powerful blend of features, supporting a variety of web sites ranging from personal weblogs to large community-driven web sites. Once the migration to Drupal is complete, Examiner.com will be the largest consumer web site living on the Drupal platform.

The scalability Drupal offers Examiner.com is critical to support the site's incredible growth. With over 30,000 contributors across North America, Examiner.com is the fastest-growing local content network in the U.S., and shows no signs of slowing down.

The Acquia hosted webinar is at 1:00PM EDT on Thursday, April 8, 2010. To join the webinar visit  http://acquia.com/resources/webinars/peek-behind-scenes-%E2%80%93-how-clarity-media-moving-examinercom-drupal-7.

Known as Examiners, contributors to Examiner.com are passionate local insiders who offer a range of viewpoints on locally-relevant topics, from abstract insights and entertainment calendars, to emerging trends, to the most recent coverage of U.S. and international news and events.  With plans to hit 85,000 Examiners by the end of 2010, Examiner.com is actively recruiting individuals who are passionate about their interests and excited to share their knowledge.

More information on Examiners and how to become one is available at Examiner.com

About Examiner.com: Launched in April 2008, Examiner.com serves 240 markets across North America and is the insider source for everything local. Examiner.com feeds the passion the local community has for its favorite interests, activities, and establishments by connecting them with credible and informed contributors who write and share information with the passion and insights only a local insider can provide. Examiner.com is a division of the Clarity Digital Group, LLC, wholly owned by The Anschutz Company, a Denver-based investment company with a broad array of assets in print and digital media; live sports and entertainment; hospitality; film production and exhibition; wind energy development and transmission; as well as ranching and oil/gas exploration. For more information, visit Examiner.com.

About Acquia:  Acquia helps organizations of all sizes build social publishing web sites quickly, easily and with a lower total cost of ownership by leveraging Drupal, the open source social publishing platform that blends content and community. Our products, services and support enable companies to leverage the power, technical innovation and economic value of Drupal while simplifying the experience, removing the complexity and minimizing the risk. Please visit: http://acquia.com. Download Acquia Drupal, the completely free Drupal distribution, at http://acquia.com/downloads.

SOURCE Examiner.com